Wii U owners say Pee-eww after day-one firmware update bricks systems

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Reports coming out that a Wii U day-one firmware update is bricking units if power is lost during the update. Other users are reporting that the 5GB download bricks the system if Internet connectivity is lost. Out of the box, the Wii U isn’t useful for much more than playing games. The launch-day update is…

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Bad Piggies, the sequel to Angry Birds, was released today

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From the creators of Angry Birds, an all new game from the Pigs’ point of view was released today. A cross between Angry Birds and Amazing Alex, Rovio released Bad Piggies for iOS and Android devices. You create flying/crawling/rolling/spinning/crashing devices and use them to pilot the pigs safely to the eggs that their king desperately…

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Stan Lee introduces new mobile video game: Verticus

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Stan Lee, creator of most of Marvel’s biggest characters, has teamed up with Moonshark to create a new mobile game called Verticus. Stan Lee helped with creation of the Verticus characters and plot and Dallas-based Controlled Chaos Studios developed the game software. The game will launch in Fall 2012.

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